Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2013Marshall
Kevin Grooms
RB • 5'10" • Hollywood, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Kevin Grooms leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
69
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Marshall
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Marshall
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Player Story
Kevin Grooms built his college career from 2012 through 2013 as a running back from Hollywood, FL wearing No. 37, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Kevin Grooms' career was his backfield work: 1,240...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Kevin Grooms, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Marshall. Kevin Grooms leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,370
- Rushing yards
- 1,240
- Receiving yards
- 130
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Kevin Grooms quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Marshall · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,370
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Marshall
- Top game
- UAB
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · South Broward · Miami
- High school pipeline
- South Broward · 16 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 37 · Class 2013
- 2013 Scrimmage yards rank
- 583 scrimmage yards · RB 146th (top 29%) · Conference USA 33rd (top 13%) · National 368th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Marshall | 11 | 787 | 737 | 50 | 9 | 66.7 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Marshall | 9 | 583 | 503 | 80 | 7 | 64.7 |
Related Context
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Kevin Grooms played RB for Marshall. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kevin Grooms recorded 1,240 rushing yards, 130 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Marshall.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Marshall paired 787 primary output with 60.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 60.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2013 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Marshall
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
71.5
Efficiency
60.2
Usage
15.8
Consistency
61.4
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 43. Western Carolina: 62. Rice: 108. Purdue: 55. Tulsa: 83. Southern Miss: 119. UCF: 34. Memphis: 48. UAB: 75. Houston: 155. East Carolina: 5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. West Virginia: 5 by 85.8. Western Carolina: 13 by 41.7. Rice: 13 by 84.6. Purdue: 9 by 66.9. Tulsa: 17 by 48.1. Southern Miss: 12 by 91.3. UCF: 13 by 26.5. Memphis: 8 by 66.1. UAB: 16 by 48.8. Houston: 21 by 76.9. East Carolina: 2 by 26
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins98.4 · Games = 5 · +49.2 vs Losses
Losses49.2 · Games = 6 · -49.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
91.3 vs Southern Miss
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/23 | @ East Carolina | L 59-65 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Houston100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 44-41 | 21 | 155 | 7.40 | 1 | — | — | 7.4 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ UAB | L 31-38 | 16 | 75 | 4.70 | 1 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Memphis | W 38-28 | 7 | 46 | 6.60 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Sun 10/28 | vs UCF | L 17-54 | 10 | 25 | 2.50 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2.6 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Southern Miss100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 59-24 | 12 | 119 | 9.90 | 2 | — | — | 9.9 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Tulsa | L 38-45 | 16 | 71 | 4.40 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Purdue | L 41-51 | 8 | 53 | 6.60 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.1 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Rice100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 54-51 | 12 | 103 | 8.60 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8.3 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Western Carolina | W 52-24 | 12 | 42 | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4.8 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ West Virginia | L 34-69 | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 0 | — | — | 8.6 |
Player Story
Kevin Grooms story
Kevin Grooms built his college career from 2012 through 2013 as a running back from Hollywood, FL wearing No. 37, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Kevin Grooms' career was his backfield work: 1,240 rushing yards, 212 carries, 14 rushing touchdowns, and 130 receiving yards across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Marshall. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 130 receiving yards and 191 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Marshall.
The arc is straightforward: Kevin Grooms moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Marshall
2012-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Marshall | 787 | 60.2 | 15.8 | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Marshall | 583 | 60.7 | 18.7 | -204 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UAB
Week 11 · W 56-14 · Conference game
Win with 117 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
117
Scrimmage Yards
85.3 takeover
117 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#2
vs Houston
Week 12 · W 44-41 · Conference game
155
Scrimmage Yards
81.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
155 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.
#3
vs Southern Miss
Week 10 · W 61-13 · Conference game
109
Scrimmage Yards
78.2 takeover
Win with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
109 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.
#4
@ Southern Miss
Week 8 · W 59-24 · Conference game
119
Scrimmage Yards
72.3 takeover
Win with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
119 scrimmage yards and 17.1 usage.
#5
@ Rice
Week 4 · W 54-51 · Conference game
108
Scrimmage Yards
67.3 takeover
Win with 108 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
108 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Marshall
787 primary output · 60.2 efficiency · 15.8 usage
66.7
#2
2013 Regular Season · Marshall
64.7
583 primary · 60.7 efficiency · 18.7 usage
Milestones
5
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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